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Today's Topics:
1. New RNZI Radio Heritage Documentary - Radio Heritage Media
Release (i...@radioheritage.net)
2. Indian media and entertainment industry witnesses phenomenal
growth (Jaisakthivel)
3. Spare BBC licence fee money should be refunded (Jaisakthivel)
4. RAI to invest E700m in DTT by 2012 (Jaisakthivel)
5. 217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage - Radio Heritage Media
Release (i...@radioheritage.net)
6. 217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage - Radio Heritage Media
Release (i...@radioheritage.net)
7. Granite Pier report (correction) (markwa1...@aol.com)
8. Malawi radio station shut (Zacharias Liangas )
9. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Has Lost Its Uniqueness Warns
Former Russian Service Director (Zacharias Liangas )
10. logs 19+20 (Zacharias Liangas )
11. DRM & WorldDMB at Broadcast Asia (Jaisakthivel)
12. DRM at India Radio Forum 2009 on 27th May (Jaisakthivel)
13. LOG (Jorge Freitas (Yahoo))
14. Glenn Hauser logs May 20, 2009 (Glenn Hauser)
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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 18:11:03 +1200
From: i...@radioheritage.net
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] New RNZI Radio Heritage Documentary - Radio Heritage
Media Release
Message-ID: <380-2200953206113...@radioheritage.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
________________________________________
RNZI Airs New Radio Heritage Documentary
AFRS Mosquito Network June 01 2009
________________________________________
Join us on June 01 2009 when the Radio Heritage Foundation airs a new
radio heritage documentary on the Radio New Zealand International
[RNZI] Mailbox program.
You can listen via shortwave or audio on demand [for the following
month] with full details of frequencies and times and audio download
at www.rnzi.com.
The program features the story of the six stations of the famous AFRS
Mosquito Network during World War II, and how they got their name.
American Expeditionary Stations in Noumea, Munda, Guadalcanal,
Espiritu Santo, Bougainville and Auckland all went on air in 1944,
some 65 years ago, and were staffed by professional broadcasters
drawn from American radio stations.
Featuring top Hollywood and music show stars, the stations
entertained hundreds of thousands of Allied troops, and introduced
structured radio broadcasting to the Solomon Islands and [now]
Vanuatu for the first time.
Join David Ricquish of the Radio Heritage Foundation on this journey
back to 1944, details about the special four station off-air network
broadcast, and the music of forces favorite GI Jill who joins the
program.
This new radio heritage documentary on RNZI complements three new
stories about the Mosquito Network just released at
www.radioheritage.net.
You'll read more about the stations and their place in Pacific radio
heritage in AFRS Guadalcanal, AFRS Radio City and AFRS Mosquito Bites.
The stories are based on interviews with surviving Mosquito Network
personnel and extensive research by Martin Hadlow, former manager of
the Solomon Islands Broadcasting Service.
June 01 2009, be listening to Mailbox on Radio New Zealand
International for AFRS Mosquito Network, the new radio heritage
documentary from the Radio Heritage Foundation.
____________________________________________________
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific.
Visit the global website www.radioheritage.net to see fresh new
articles, images, competitions and much more about Pacific radio.
____________________________________________________
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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:14:18 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Indian media and entertainment industry witnesses
phenomenal growth
Message-ID: <508575.4460...@web95412.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Indian media and entertainment industry witnesses phenomenal growth
It was believed by some pundits that the Indian media and entertainment
industry would become susceptible to downturn and in the long run would add to
the woes of Indians. However, contrary to their beliefs, it is heading high and
it seems that it is set to attain the pinnacle of success. It should also be
noted that the industry has not only been able to stick to the earlier
accomplishments but has also developed it considerably.
Take for instance the last year. The industry did soar more than 17% at that
time and now it is believed that the industry is highly competent to grow in
the region of 19% by 2010. All these make us conclude that the Indian media and
entertainment industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in Indian economy
triggered by economic growth and increasing income levels. The recent reports
of Assocham (Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India) suggest,
the turnover of this sector will increase twofold in next three years from its
current turnover of 500 billion.
Let?s look at this unusual saga with greater attention. It has been learnt that
almost every part of M&E Industry is upbeat and is contributing to the in the
best manner. It should be remembered that for past few years Direct to Home
(DTH) service influenced people to watch and perceive television entertainment.
DTH Industry has shown an impressive growth of 20% per year for past couple of
years and it seems there is still lot of scope.
According to Chandrashekhar Balakrishnan, Bharti Airtel?s head of brand and
media, ?At present, there are 80 million TV households in India, of which over
seven million are DTH ones. Since the penetration is just under nine per cent,
there is much room for a massive growth rate?. What is more, as the operators
are moving towards providing triple play services (Phone, Internet, Television)
the growth seems unchallenged.
http://www.whatistheword.com/2009/05/indian-media-and-entertainment-industry-witnesses-phenomenal-growth/
_Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:16:33 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [HCDX] Spare BBC licence fee money should be refunded
Message-ID: <528577.78466...@web95415.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
Spare BBC licence fee money should be refunded
Any spare money paid for the BBC licence fee should be returned to the public
rather than used to bail out Channel 4 as this would be "wrong in principle",
according to the chairman of the BBC's governing body Sir Michael Lyons.
Sir Michael Lyons, the head of the BBC Trust, said the ?130m surplus which will
be generated by the switchover to digital television should not automatically
be "siphoned off" for other "causes and commercial players".
The BBC's digital switchover surplus is a pot of money taken from licence fee
payments which has been allocated to supply set top boxes to older and disabled
people.
The money has been ringfenced until 2012 and there have been calls for it to be
extended to fund other projects such as universal broadband roll out or help
solve Channel 4's funding deficit.
Lord Carter, the technology minister, is expected to make a final decision in
his Digital Britain report next month.
But in a speech last night, Sir Michael said the money belonged to the public
and was "not the Government's, not political parties', not other regulators'".
He said that research has indicated that most people would like the money to be
refunded directly to them and any redirection would be an act of "bad faith".
In a speech to the Royal Television Society, he said: "People would do well to
remember that licence fee payers give us their money in good faith, believing
it will be spent on BBC services and content.
"To suddenly tell them midway through the settlement that their money is being
siphoned off, as some have suggested it should be, would be more than an act of
bad faith, it would be tantamount to breaking a contract.
"We know what the public would like to happen to any surplus. Ofcom's own
research shows this clearly. They'd like their money back. As far as the Trust
is concerned, returning any surplus to licence fee payers is the benchmark
against which any other proposal should be judged."
Sir Michael said the Trust had an important role in acting as "guardianshipof
the public interest in the BBC" which he said "includes seeing off
opportunistic attempts to spend the licence fee on things that have nothing to
do with the BBC's public purposes."
He said: "The licence fee should only be used to enable the BBC to deliver its
public purposes. The digital switchover help scheme is consistent with that.
The roll out and take up of universal broadband may be consistent with that.
We'll see.
"But taking licence fee payers' money and giving it to other causes and
commercial players clearly isn't. It's wrong in principle, it undermines the
BBC's accountability to licence fee payers, and it risks compromising the BBC's
independence."
He launched an attack on those who argue for shorter licence fee settlements,
like David Cameron, the Conservative leader, who is pressing for the licence
fee to be frozen at ?139.50 ? rather than an increase to ?142.50 ? at a Commons
vote today.
The Tories believe it is unfair to increase the fee when the country is in a
recession.
Sir Michael said this move, carried "potentially serious implications for the
independence of the BBC".
He warned it was a "recipe for curbing the editorial independence of the BBC".
"The traditional system of multiyear funding agreements ? the current one runs
for six years ?underpins the BBC's editorial independence.. It means that BBC
journalists, for example, never have to trim to the short-term prevailing
political wind in order to avoid upsetting the latest licence fee negotiation.
It is very important that the BBC's horizons do not become too closely entwined
with the political cycle."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/5351132/Spare-BBC-licence-fee-money-should-be-refunded.html
- Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 12:18:00 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: dxld <d...@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: rai Italy <callcenter_scrive...@rai.it>,
raiway.hfmonitor...@rai.it, Radio Italy <raiinternatio...@rai.it>
Subject: [HCDX] RAI to invest E700m in DTT by 2012
Message-ID: <723628.2793...@web95401.mail.in2.yahoo.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8
RAI to invest E700m in DTT by 2012
Italian public broadcaster RAI has committed itself to investing at least E700
to E750 million for digital terrestrial television by 2012.
RAI director general Mauro Masi said that RAI would invest E290 million in the
transmission infrastructure, while E90 to E100 million will be invested in
content.
For its part, commercial rival Mediaset is planning to spend an additional E1
billion to complete the analogue switch off in Italy. According to CFO Marco
Giordano, this sum would be on top of the E2 billion already spent on the
introduction of DTT..
Meanwhile, both RAI and Mediaset, together with Telecom Italia Media, are
launching in June the Tivu Sat direct-to-home platform in order to guarantee
reception of the Italian DTT channels in those areas where the digital
terrestrial signal does not arrive. Viewers will need a special smart-card,
which will be sold jointly with the digital box from next month.
http://www.advanced-television.com/2009/may18_may22.htm#w1
- Jaisakthivel, Chennai, India
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Message: 5
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:03:45 +1200
From: i...@radioheritage.net
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] 217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage - Radio
Heritage Media Release
Message-ID: <380-2200953209345...@radioheritage.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
______________________________________
217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage
2BH - 2LT - 2MG - AM Heritage Stations
______________________________________
Some 217 years of Australian radio heritage is now celebrated on-line
at www.radioheritage.net with the release of three new station
profiles in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series.
2BH Broken Hill, 2LT Lithgow and 2MG Mudgee have served their local
communities for an accumulated 217 years, with 2BH celebrating 75
years on the air on June 30 2009.
The Radio Heritage Foundation continues with its roll-out of heritage
profiles by adding these three New South Wales AM stations to the
growing number already on-line at www.radioheritage.net.
2BH 'The Voice of the Western Darling' includes Aunt Ruby from the
2BH Smiler's Club [with close to 3000 members], manager John W Prider
[migrated from 5DN Adelaide] and 'has a line up of nearly half a
hundred features'.
Lithgow's 'Sunshine Station' 2LT 'has won the confidence of listener
and advertiser alike', with personalities such as Janet Miles [2LT
Younger Set] and F. Harper [well known to many Sydney audiences, a
very fine tenor voice], and the 2LT Sunbeamer's Club with a
membership of over 2000.
Station 2MG 'takes three news broadcasts a day from the ABC' and
features programs such as Jackaroo Joy, Youth Speaks and Library of
the Air, whilst 'very well liked and highly successful in radio is
2MG's youngest announcer Frank Yates. Frank is just 19 years old.'
You'll enjoy reading more about the personalities, programs and
heritage of these three heritage AM stations - still broadcasting in
2009 with their original calls - and on-line today at
www.radioheritage.net.
Whilst there, check out our many other Australian heritage
broadcasters in our Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series and our
list of pioneer broadcasters from the 1920's in 'Early Australian
Radio'.
Congratulations to 2BH Broken Hill, 2LT Lithgow and 2MG Mudgee 'still
going after all this time' with over 70 years of local community
service each.
If you have any stories, photos, memorabilia, memories or recordings
of any of these heritage AM stations that you'd like to share with us
and the world, write to i...@radioheritage.net and we'll be glad to
hear from you.
For now, help celebrate 217 years of radio service to New South Wales
by visiting 2BH, 2LT and 2MG at www.radioheritage.net today.
____________________________________________________
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific. Our
global website is www.radioheritage.net for fresh news, articles,
competitions and much more about Pacific radio. Donations to support
our radio heritage projects are always welcome using the donation
button at any page on the website. Join our newsletter mailing list
whilst visiting www.radioheritage.net as well.
____________________________________________________
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Message: 6
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:05:36 +1200
From: i...@radioheritage.net
To: i...@radioheritage.net
Subject: [HCDX] 217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage - Radio
Heritage Media Release
Message-ID: <380-220095320953...@radioheritage.net>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Media Release
Radio Heritage Foundation
www.radioheritage.net
______________________________________
217 Years of Australian Radio Heritage
2BH - 2LT - 2MG - AM Heritage Stations
______________________________________
Some 217 years of Australian radio heritage is now celebrated on-line
at www.radioheritage.net with the release of three new station
profiles in the popular Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series.
2BH Broken Hill, 2LT Lithgow and 2MG Mudgee have served their local
communities for an accumulated 217 years, with 2BH celebrating 75
years on the air on June 30 2009.
The Radio Heritage Foundation continues with its roll-out of heritage
profiles by adding these three New South Wales AM stations to the
growing number already on-line at www.radioheritage.net.
2BH 'The Voice of the Western Darling' includes Aunt Ruby from the
2BH Smiler's Club [with close to 3000 members], manager John W Prider
[migrated from 5DN Adelaide] and 'has a line up of nearly half a
hundred features'.
Lithgow's 'Sunshine Station' 2LT 'has won the confidence of listener
and advertiser alike', with personalities such as Janet Miles [2LT
Younger Set] and F. Harper [well known to many Sydney audiences, a
very fine tenor voice], and the 2LT Sunbeamer's Club with a
membership of over 2000.
Station 2MG 'takes three news broadcasts a day from the ABC' and
features programs such as Jackaroo Joy, Youth Speaks and Library of
the Air, whilst 'very well liked and highly successful in radio is
2MG's youngest announcer Frank Yates. Frank is just 19 years old.'
You'll enjoy reading more about the personalities, programs and
heritage of these three heritage AM stations - still broadcasting in
2009 with their original calls - and on-line today at
www.radioheritage.net.
Whilst there, check out our many other Australian heritage
broadcasters in our Long Lost Australian Radio Stars series and our
list of pioneer broadcasters from the 1920's in 'Early Australian
Radio'.
Congratulations to 2BH Broken Hill, 2LT Lithgow and 2MG Mudgee 'still
going after all this time' with over 70 years of local community
service each.
If you have any stories, photos, memorabilia, memories or recordings
of any of these heritage AM stations that you'd like to share with us
and the world, write to i...@radioheritage.net and we'll be glad to
hear from you.
For now, help celebrate 217 years of radio service to New South Wales
by visiting 2BH, 2LT and 2MG at www.radioheritage.net today.
____________________________________________________
Radio Heritage Foundation is a registered non-profit organization
connecting popular culture and radio heritage across the Pacific. Our
global website is www.radioheritage.net for fresh news, articles,
competitions and much more about Pacific radio. Donations to support
our radio heritage projects are always welcome using the donation
button at any page on the website. Join our newsletter mailing list
whilst visiting www.radioheritage.net as well.
____________________________________________________
------------------------------
Message: 7
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 08:46:44 -0400
From: markwa1...@aol.com
To: m...@erefnet.com, a...@nrcdxas.org, b...@yahoogroups.com,
cap...@yahoogroups.com, hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com,
nrci...@aol.com, dxw...@bcdx.org
Subject: [HCDX] Granite Pier report (correction)
Message-ID: <8cba7602a46a807-688-3...@webmail-dc05.sysops.aol.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed
Header info should be: Times / dates = UTC / 2009
(not 2008)
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Message: 8
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:27:29 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Malawi radio station shut
Message-ID: <4a1459a1.10533.cba...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Malawi radio station shut
http://www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-
1447_2519447,00.html
Johannesburg - A Malawi radio station supportive of the opposition has been
forced to shut following a police raid and the arrests of three staff, the
station's vice chairman said on Wednesday.
"The police effectively closed the radio station last night. The staff and
journalists are trying to get access into the premises," Tony Mita said.
Joy Radio, owned by former president Bakili Muluzi, was raided by police
hours before polls opened for the country's national elections on Tuesday.
The station was allowed to broadcast music during the day, but was taken
off the air on Tuesday evening, Mita said.
"The arrested people would be charged with breaching the parliamentary
and presidential act for campaigning after the campaigning period has
ended," police spokesperson Willie Mwaluka said.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemned the arrest of the
journalists and demanded their immediate release.
Condemn the silencing
"We condemn the silencing of Joy Radio and effective ban on its election
coverage imposed by police," said Tom Rhodes, CPJ Africa programme co-
ordinator.
"The three employees should be released immediately and the station
allowed to resume news broadcasting."
According to the Media Institute of Southern Africa, journalists from the
station were arrested in connection with the repeat broadcast of a 2008
political programme that contradicted government views that the country's
food supply was secure.
The radio station has been the main campaign weapon of the opposition
ahead of the elections, in which Muluzi is backing opposition leader John
Tembo against incumbent President Bingu wa Mutharika.
The arrests marred the peaceful election in the impoverished southern
African country.
- AFP
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Message: 9
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:27:29 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Has Lost Its
Uniqueness Warns Former Russian Service Director
Message-ID: <4a1459a1.17564.cba...@greekdx.otenet.gr>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Has Lost Its Uniqueness Warns Former
Russian Service Director
http://www.bloggernews.net/120950
In a nutshell, the station [Radio Liberty] has abandoned its uniqueness, its
identity, its face.
Former Russian Service Director at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
(RFE/RL) has warned that the U.S.-funded international broadcaster has lost
its identity, uniqueness and effectiveness in Russia as a result of
programming changes imposed by the Broadcasting Board of Governors
(BBG), a U.S. federal agency which manages RFE/RL. Mario Corti, an
Italian born journalist, writer, and Russia expert who was fired in a dispute
with the American management team, also charged that former RFE/RL
managers and BBG members are hiding massive loss of audiences in
Russia and other mistakes from the Obama White House, the U.S.
Congress, and the American public.
In an interview published in Free Media Online Blog Mario Corti described
his battles with the American management at RFE/RL and with BBG
consultants, whom he accused of imposing on the Russian Service the
same popular culture talk show format which former BBG member Norman
Pattiz, a Democrat, developed with the Bush White House for Arabic
language Radio Sawa and Alhurra Television for the Middle East. These two
U.S.-funded private broadcasting entities have been plagued by financial
and programming scandals, including airing of statements by Holocaust
deniers on Alhurra. A study by researchers for the University of Southern
California, who conducted a review of Alhurra broadcasts, concluded that
"the quality of Alhurra's journalism is substandard on several levels" and that
the station has no significant audience in the Middle East.
Mario Corti who sits on the Board of Directors of FreeMediaOnline.org, a
San Francisco-based media freedom nonprofit, said in an interview that he
resisted the changes demanded by the BBG, which ultimately led to his
dismissal and firing of several other Russian Service journalists, whom he
praised as intellectual giants of international broadcasting. One of them was
a famous former Soviet dissident, writer, poet and musician Tengiz Gudava,
who was killed last month in Prague, the Czech Republic, under still
unexplained circumstances.
Corti said that he was prompted by his friend's death to go public for the
first
time with his criticism of the role RFE/RL management and the BBG played
in changing the programming philosophy of U.S. taxpayer funded
broadcasts to Russia. Before his death, Gudava was publishing sharp
criticism of RFE/RL management and the current political leadership in
Moscow, but there are no indications that his death, which the police
described as resulting from being hit by a car, was related to his journalistic
activities.
Corti said that "Those among the old KGB and the new FSB , who see the
U.S. as an enemy rather than a valuable and generous partner of Russia,
could only be enormously happy with such leaders in charge of U.S.
international broadcasting as the current U.S. Broadcasting Board of
Governors (BBG) executive team. They have no reason to worry or need to
do anything themselves to undermine U.S.-funded broadcasts; it is being
done for them by these American government officials who are now trying
hard to hide their mistakes from the White House, the U.S. Congress and
the American public."
Corti was particularly critical of former acting RFE/RL president Jeffrey
Trimble who is now executive director for the BBG in Washington, D.C. Corti
said that he enjoyed full support from one of the previous RFE/RL
presidents, former Washington Post correspondent in Moscow Kevin Klose
who left the BBG for an executive position at NPR. He also said that he
worked well with Robert Gillette, a former Los Angeles Times foreign
correspondent who, according to Corti, had to leave his broadcasting
director's job to make room for the new management team appointed by the
BBG with the mission to change RFE/RL's programming philosophy.
Corti was referring to a series of decisions by the BBG, including the
termination of all Voice of America (VOA) radio broadcasts to Russia just 12
days before the Russian military incursion into the disputed territory in
Georgia last summer. As a result of this decision, VOA registered an
unprecedented 98 percent drop in its annual audience reach in Russia, from
7.3% in 2007 to the estimated 0.2% in 2009. Radio Liberty's Russian
Service has seen a less dramatic but steady loss of listeners, which Corti
said was due largely to programming changes and firing of some of the most
talented journalists. Some of the audience loss can also be attributed to
media restrictions imposed on Western broadcasters by the Russian
authorities.
In a 2008 Federal Human Capital Survey conducted by the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM), the Broadcasting Board of Governors was
rated by its employees as the worst managed federal agency. Mario Corti
criticized the BBG for requiring RFE/RL journalists to sign secrecy
agreements, which he charged are designed to hide management mistakes.
He refused to sign such an agreement.
Corti also charged that the BBG is using a communist era Czech law, which
is still on the books, to deny foreign journalists working at RFE/RL in the
Czech Republic basic protections of U.S. and Czech labor laws and
expressed hope that the Obama Administration and the European Court of
Human Rights will put an end to this policy. Mario Corti now works as a
freelance journalist and a consultant for a media group based in Saint
Petersburg, Russia.
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Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 10
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 19:27:30 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <gree...@otenet.gr>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] logs 19+20
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Logs 19 and 20
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/218
MOst of them are consulted by latest 6 issues from BCDX
9000 SOH ?1906 with Firedrake having signal S7 on 19th Also on 20th with
S5 max
[Nigeria ]12050 R Biafra 1908 talks by man about politics in Nigeria .
telephone calls to London and other places , mention on activism and non
violence S20 45544 .mixed talks in VN (hausa?) and English . short
mentions to Biafra Liangas 19
Korea 7100 V of korea , prg in English and songs . S5 34433 Liangas 19
7180 V OK 2100 with national hymn and talks in Chinese . S5 max Liangas
19
[Korea ] 7490 R F Chosun with talks by man and woman in Korean . Signal
S8 but strong QRM from 7495 with S10. better reception on LSB and soft
Qrm from a co channel carrier Liangas 19
CUBA 11770 R H C 2043 with prg in Arabic , mentions on Cuba .S9 max
Liangas 19
USA 4319 AFN 2026 with talks (could not understood )S6 max with noise
background on S4 Liangas 19
BLR 7135 BLR radio still there !! 2052 with `russian ` pops and relatively
under loaded audio ON 2100 `govorit byelorussakye Radio ` then hymn
was followed Sign off 2102 Liangas 19
BRAZIL 5035 R Aparecida ? 0410 with music S1 Liangas 20
ZBE? 4930 on 0410 + 12 VoA ? just marginal signal Liangas 20
[Korea ] 11560 RF Chosun? 1246 man with talks in Korean , some light
music, then 1248 followed by talks /woman . Sudden sign off 1300 leaving
WYFR with S3 Liangas 20
[Korea ]11680 V Wilderness , talks by Om in Korean 1344 Mention on
Communism ? many signal cut offs in-between the program Liangas 20
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Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , Degen 1102,1103,108,
Tecsun PL200/550, Chibo c300/c979, Yupi 7000
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 11
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:25:08 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: ardic <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: [HCDX] DRM & WorldDMB at Broadcast Asia
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DRM and WorldDMB are hosting a joint networking party at Broadcast Asia in
Singapore this year. After the day session on 'Expanding the Opportunities in
Radio', the two consortia would invite industry guests for a special reception
on Tuesday 16th June 2009 from 19.30-21.30. DRM & WorldDMB are the industry
bodies promoting digital radio around the world.
> If you would like to attend this event, please contact them on
> projectoff...@drm.org (Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India)
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Message: 12
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 22:27:23 +0530 (IST)
From: Jaisakthivel <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
To: ardic <ardicdxc...@yahoo.co.in>
Subject: [HCDX] DRM at India Radio Forum 2009 on 27th May
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Alexander Zink (Broadcast Applications, Fraunhofer IIS) and Vineeta Dwivedi
(Project Director, DRM) will hold a session on ?Digital broadcast: Changing the
World of Radio? at the India Radio Forum on 27th May 2009.
As the world moves into the new digital era for almost all technologies, radio
is changing too. With digital taking up much less bandwidth than the
traditional analogue system, there is room for more radio stations, in much
better quality and with many new exciting features.
> To find out more about this session, please click here.
> http://www.indiaradioforum.com/sessions_all.htm
(Jaisakthivel, ADXC, Chennai, India)
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 21:11:33 -0000
From: "Jorge Freitas \(Yahoo\)" <jorgefreitas_...@yahoo.com.br>
To: "Hard Core DX" <hard-core-dx@hard-core-dx.com>,
<dxcl...@yahoogrupos.com.br>, <radioescu...@yahoogrupos.com.br>
Subject: [HCDX] LOG
Message-ID: <200905202111.n4klbayr030...@tx.kotalampi.com>
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9635 20/05 0835 MALI R Mali, in Arabic, from Bamako I, with 50 kW, OM Talk,
at 0849 UTC typical pop music, 34443 (JJFS-B)
9650 20/05 0817 SOUTH AFRICA, R Sonder Grense, in Afrikaans, from Meyerton,
with 100 kW, pop mx African, at 0830 UTC a conversation between YL and OM by
phone, at 0831 pop mx, 35333 (JJFS-B)
9680 20/05 0910 INDONESIA, RRI Jakarta, in Indonesian, from
Jakarta-Cimanggis, with 250 kW, such transmission is not in the lists EIBI
and AOKI, pop mx, at 0916 YL and OM Talk, at 0925 YL and OM talks with a
child and the soft background mx, at 0926 ID by OM ?RRI Jakarta?, after pop
mx, very good signal, 45444 (JJFS-B)
9705 20/05 1037 NIGER Voix du Sahel-Niamey, FF, from Niamey, with 100 kW, OM
Talk between short tribal music, local mx, degrading signal, looks like a
musical program, short talk of OM, at 1130 UTC OM and YL Talk, 24322
(JJFS-B)
9840 20/05 1104 VIETNAM, Voice of Vietnam, in Japanese, from Hanoi-Sontay,
with 100 kW, OM Talk, at 1110 UTC YL Talk, translate or comment recorded
speech, at 1115 UTC OM with ID and short Vietnamese mx , 24332 (JJFS-BA)
11935 20/05 1930 INDIA All India Radio, EE, from Mumbai, with 100 kW,
Indian mx e YL Talk, moderate QRM from Radio Riyadh in 11930 khz and 500 kW,
at 1937 Indian mx, the YL makes a comment about the mx, ID and end of tx,
33333 (JJFS-B)
15190 20/05 1635 EQUATORIAL GUINEA, R Africa, EE, from Bata, with 50 kW, pop
mx, OM Talk, strong noise of carrier make me hear better on 15188 kHz, at
1637 UTC the noise decreases the signal improves, with references to peace,
Jesus and God, at 1652 UTC mx, 33333 (JJFS-B)
73
Jorge Freitas
SWL1023B
Skype jorge.freitas.fsa
Escutas (listening):
<http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded>
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/75006/home?t=74925&c=6&s=uploaded
Blog: <http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006>
http://www.ipernity.com/blog/75006
Feira de Santana Bahia - Brasil
12?? 15' 1.57" S 38?? 58' 40.30" W
Degen 1103
Antena Dipolo de 16 metros e balum 4:1 em toroide.
Dire??o Leste/Oeste
"De Certa forma, as pessoas s?o como esponjas; elas t?m a tend?ncia de
absorver o que est? ? sua volta. ? muito f?cil adotar, mesmo sem querer, as
atitudes, os padr?es e os tra?os de personalidade daqueles com quem temos
muito contato" Portanto procuremos sempre ser uma pessoa melhor a cada dia.
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 20 May 2009 20:15:43 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <wghau...@yahoo.com>
To: d...@yahoogroups.com
Cc: s...@mailman.qth.net
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 20, 2009
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** CANADA. Checked RCI 9515 again 24 hours later, May 20 at 2145 and no spurs
in the 9.3 or 9.7 MHz area (Glenn Hauser, OK, WORLD OF RADIO 1461, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 20 at 1319: best on 13970, next best 9000, and just
barely audible on 8400, all // synchronized (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CUBA [and non]. DentroCuban Jamming Command pulses interfering with WORLD OF
RADIO on WRMI, 9955, May 20 at 0503. Excuse me if I continue to be upset about
Cuban jamming, especially against non-Spanish, non-exile broadcasts. How many
of you can say that you are jammed by the pals of ``your friend in Habana``,
Arnie Coro, whose own DX program is immune from jamming? This was a repeat of
WOR edition 1460, as 1461 starts this week on UT Thursday May 21.
9560 with hash against weakest R. Australia signal at 1300 May 20, from the
Cuban relay of CRI on 9570, and also traces of same audible under strongest RA
signal 9580. These must be what ruin RA reception in Ontario, as Andy Reid
reminds us.
After missing a few days, RHC`s 12000 was back May 20 at 1318, despite V of
Russia Chinese service co-channel. The two were about equal levels here,
despite Cuba`s extreme proximity advantage, taking turns dominating. Still same
at 1345, when Russian song being played, but announcements in Chinese. At least
the VOR transmission has been cleaned up to lack all the dirty splash above and
below. I suppose the clash is less of a problem in RHC`s 12000 target area of
``Nueva York``, while there are plenty of clear //s, 11760, 13680, 13760,
13780, 13880, 15120, 15360 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. WWCR, 15825, May 20 at 1324, tnx sporadic E inbooming so much that
the squeal was audible beneath the jailed Tony Al?mo, whose child sexual abuse
trial has been postponed again until July, presumably another playback of an
old program, ``if you serve yourself, you are serving Satan``. Judging from
occasional murmurs, prompted reaxion from his small audience, he was preaching
to children, which could explain his extremely condescending tone, turning off
an adult audience except for those ripe for condescension (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [and non]. VR, 9645 in Scandinavian language, UT Wednesday May 20 at
0505, along with Brazilian het from 9645.3 or so. Wonder if this was in Danish,
or is ever in Danish, as it would be the only SWBC left in that language
besides Greenland 3815. VR is not helpful in breaking down which days of the
week carry which Scand language; only native speakers can tell (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
End of Hard-Core-DX Digest, Vol 77, Issue 22
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